2017-18 Auburn Men's Basketball Auburn Combined Team Statistics (As of Jan 09, 2018) All Games
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2017-18 AUBURN MEN’S BASKETBALL AUBURN ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS: 392 SOUTH DONAHUE DRIVE || AUBURN, AL 36830 || AUBURNTIGERS.COM || @AUBURNMBB SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME INFORMATION Date Opponent Time/Result Nov. 10 Norfolk State (SECN+) W, 102-74 Nov. 16 ! vs. Indiana State (ESPNU) W, 83-64 #22 AUBURN TIGERS MISSISSIPPI ST. BULLDOGS Nov. 17 ! vs. Temple (ESPN2) L, 88-74 15-1 (3-0 SEC) 13-3 (1-2 SEC) Nov. 19 ! vs. Hofstra (ESPNU) W, 89-78 Nov. 24 Winthrop (SECN) W, 119-85 Nov. 29 at Dayton (CBS Sports) W, 73-60 Date/Time ................Jan. 13, 2018 / 2:30 p.m. CT Dec. 3 George Mason (SECN+) W, 79-63 Site ......................................................Starkville, Miss. AUBURN HEAD COACH Dec. 6 Gardner-Webb (SECN+) W, 80-55 Venue .....................Humphrey Coliseum (10,575) Bruce Pearl ................Boston College (1982) Dec. 9 UAB (SECN) W, 85-80 TV ............................................................SEC Network Career Record .................................. 521-200 (.723) Dec. 16 @ vs. Middle Tennessee (SECN) W, 76-70 PxP......................................................Richard Cross Years .................................................................23rd Dec. 19 at Murray State W, 81-77 Analyst ............................................... Barry Booker Dec. 23 UConn (ESPN2) W, 89-64 Radio ................Auburn Sports Network | TuneIn Record at Auburn ................................ 59-55 (.518) Dec. 30 Cornell (SECN) W, 98-77 PxP....................................................Rod Bramblett Years ................................................................... 4th Jan. 2 * at #23 Tennessee (ESPNU) W, 94-84 PxP....................................................... Sonny Smith Jan. 6 * #22 Arkansas (ESPNU) W, 88-77 Pre-Postgame Host ...............................Brad Law MSU HEAD COACH Jan. 9 * Ole Miss (ESPNU) W, 85-70 Series History .........................Auburn leads 75-69 Jan. 13 * at Mississippi State (SECN) 2:30 pm In Auburn .............................Auburn leads 46-23 Ben Howland ..............Weber College (1979) Jan. 17 * at Alabama (SECN) 6 pm In Starkville ........Mississippi State leads 43-25 Career Record .................................. 444-242 (.647) Jan. 20 * Georgia (SECN) 5 pm Neutral Site...............................Auburn leads 4-3 Years ................................................................22nd Jan. 24 * at Missouri (SECN) 8 pm Last Meeting .......... AU W, 98-92 (Feb. 7, 2017) Record at Mississippi State ............... 43-36 (.544) Jan. 27 * LSU (SECN) 5 pm Streak ........................................................ Auburn W1 Years ................................................................... 3rd Jan. 30 * at Ole Miss (SECN) 8 pm » The Tigers are ranked for the first time since Jan. 20, 2003 at No. 22, the highest Feb. 3 * Vanderbilt (SECN) 7:30 pm Feb. 7 * Texas A&M (ESPN2) 8 pm they’ve been ranked since they were No. 19 on Feb. 28, 2000. Feb. 10 * at Georgia (SECN) 2:30 pm » Auburn has started the season 15-1 for the first time since the 1999-2000 season Feb. 14 * Kentucky (ESPN2) 8 pm (16-1). The Tigers are on a 13-game winning streak for the first time since Dec. 1, 1999 - Feb. 17 * at South Carolina (SECN) 2:30 pm Jan. 19, 2000 (won 14 straight). Auburn has also amassed 12 wins before the new year Feb. 21 * Alabama (SECN) 7:30 pm for the third time in program history (1995-96, 1998-99). The 13-game win streak marks Feb. 24 * at Florida (SECN) 7:30 pm the second-longest active streak in the country (West Virginia, 15) Feb. 27 * at Arkansas (SECN) 8 pm » During Auburn’s 13-game winning streak, the Tigers have outshot opponents Mar. 3 * South Carolina (SECN) 2:30 pm Mar. 7-11 % SEC Tournament (SECN/ESPN) TBA .463-.402. Auburn has also been active on defense, averaging 7.1 steals and 6.2 blocks in the last 13 games. The Tigers have had seven players average 7.5 points or more per All times Central // Home games in Bold game and have also led for 426:37 out of 520 min. (82%). * - SEC game // ! - Charleston Classic (Charleston, S.C.) » Auburn is looking for its first 4-0 start in SEC play since 2002-03. The Tigers could @ - Birmingham, Ala. (Legacy Arena) % - St. Louis, Mo. (Scottrade Center) also win four straight games in the SEC for the first time since they won five in a row from Feb. 25, 2009-March 13, 2009. PROBABLE AUBURN STARTERS Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown (Last School) PPG RPG APG Blocks Steals FT% G 1 Jared Harper 5-10 170 So. Mableton, Ga. (Pebblebrook HS) 12.6 2.4 5.4 1 16 .805 G 2 Bryce Brown 6-3 198 Jr. Stone Mountain, Ga. (Tucker HS) 15.6 2.3 2.4 5 14 .814 G 5 Mustapha Heron 6-5 218 So. Waterbury, Conn. (Sacred Heart HS) 15.8 5.5 1.0 0 19 .815 F 13 Desean Murray 6-3 225 Jr. Stanley, N.C. (Presbyterian College) 11.2 7.4 1.7 11 14 .814 F 24 Anfernee McLemore 6-7 220 So. Warwick, Ga. (Worth County HS) 8.4 6.3 0.8 51 11 .759 F 0 Horace Spencer 6-8 220 Jr. Philadelphia, Pa. (Findlay Prep) 5.0 5.3 0.6 20 21 .741 F 4 Chuma Okeke 6-8 230 Fr. Atlanta, Ga. (Westlake HS) 8.1 5.9 1.4 8 12 .741 G 10 Davion Mitchell 6-1 200 Fr. Hinesville, Ga. (Liberty County HS) 4.9 1.4 2.3 0 5 .708 G/F 14 Malik Dunbar 6-6 230 Jr. North Augusta, S.C. (Col. of Central Florida) 5.8 2.1 0.3 7 2 .688 PROBABLE MISSISSIPPI STATE STARTERS Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown (Last School) PPG RPG APG Blocks Steals FT% G 0 Nick Weatherspoon 6-2 195 Fr. Canton, Miss. (Velma Jackson HS) 11.1 2.9 2.3 5 19 .679 G 11 Quinndary Weatherspoon 6-4 205 Jr. Canton, Miss. (Velma Jackson HS) 14.4 5.8 4.3 7 25 .734 G 23 Tyson Carter 6-4 165 So. Starkville, Miss. (Starkville HS) 10.1 2.1 1.8 0 10 .852 F 24 Abdul Ado 6-11 250 Fr. Lagos, Nigeria (Hamilton Heights HS) 6.7 7.1 0.4 34 18 .432 F 35 Aric Holman 6-10 225 Jr. Owensboro, Ky. (Owensboro HS) 11.9 6.8 0.8 19 6 .652 G 1 Lamar Peters 6-0 185 So. New Orleans, La. (Landry-Walker HS) 7.0 2.3 3.4 6 15 .571 G 2 Eli Wright 6-4 190 So. Owensboro, Ky. (22 Feet Academy) 4.2 3.6 1.1 4 2 .500 G 3 Xavian Stapleton 6-6 210 Jr. Flora, Miss. (Louisiana Tech) 6.5 2.7 0.7 2 13 .833 C 45 E.J. Datcher 6-10 240 Fr. Harpersville, Ala. (Vincent HS) 3.9 2.3 0.2 5 2 .889 2017-18 AUBURN MEN’S BASKETBALL Auburn vs. Mississippi State | Jan. 13, 2018 /AuburnMBB #WarEagle AuburnTigers.com @AuburnMBB | @AuburnTigers /AuburnTigers TEAM SCHEDULE AND MEDIA AVAILABILITY ›› WEEK OF Jan. 8-Jan. 14 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Jan. 8 Jan. 9 Jan. 10 Jan. 11 Jan. 12 Jan. 13 Jan. 14 PRACTICE GAME PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE GAME OFF 2:30 pm 8 pm Ole Miss 2:30 pm 2:30 pm 2:30 pm 2:30 pm Miss State Teleconfernce - 11:03 am Interviews postgame Press conference 11 am Interviews postgame AUBURN ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS QUICK FACTS AUBURNTIGERS.COM VIDEO SERVICES UNIVERSITY INFORMATION For updated game notes, statistics and all the FTP feeds of selected Auburn basketball highlights City / Zip .......................... Auburn, Ala. / 36831 latest information on Auburn basketball and are available for the media. A number of studio and Founded ......................................... Oct. 1, 1856 gameday activities, go to AuburnTigers.com. satellite services may be arranged for electronic Enrollment ............................................. 25,469 media by calling Jeff Hanel in the Auburn video Nickname ............................................... Tigers INTERVIEW POLICY services office at 254-709-8116 or by emailing Colors ................... Navy Blue and Burnt Orange Coach Pearl, assistant coaches and selected [email protected]. Affiliation ................................ NCAA Division I athletes are available for phone and personal Conference ................Southeastern Conference interviews by contacting Cody Voga in the PHOTO SERVICES Arena ..........................................Auburn Arena communications office. Postgame interviews For photos of Auburn basketball or anything Stadium Capacity ......................................9,121 with Coach Pearl and requested players will be pertaining to Auburn Athletics, contact Wade President ................................Dr. Steven Leath conducted in the media room of Auburn Arena Rackley at 334-750-6907 or via email at wwr0004@ Athletic Director ............................... Jay Jacobs following a brief cooling-off period. Practices are auburn.edu open unless otherwise specified. PROGRAM INFORMATION COMMUNICATIONS STAFF First Year of Basketball ....................... 1905-06 CREDENTIALS Cody Voga Interim basketball contact All-Time Record (Years) .......1309-1173-1 (112th) Anyone wishing to cover Auburn basketball games cell: 334-750-9023 All-Time SEC Record (Years) .... 587-730 (85th) should contact Cody Voga in the communications email: [email protected] SEC Champ./Tournament ......2 (1999)/1 (1985) office at least one day in advance in order to make Kirk Sampson Associate AD NCAA Tournament App. (Last) ............8 (2003) the proper arrangements. cell: 334-750-1385 NCAA Tournament Record ........................ 12-8 email: [email protected] All-Americans ................................................13 GAME DAY SERVICES TBA SEC Network/TV contact All-SEC Selections ........................................88 Notes for both teams and gameday programs will cell: be provided prior to the game. Stats will be after email: TEAM INFORMATION the game. Wireless internet is available in the 2016-17 Record ..........................................18-14 media room; ask Cody Voga for the password. SEC Record (Finish) ...........................7-11 (11th) Home / Away / Neutral ............10-5 / 6-6 / 2-3 Letterwinners Returning/Lost ....................9/3 GAMEDAY EXPERIENCE: AUBURN ARENA Starters Returning/Lost ............................. 5/0 ›› Built at a cost of $86 million, Auburn Arena seats 9,121 fans for basketball games. Auburn Arena replaced Newcomers ..................................................... 4 the old Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum as home of Tiger basketball for the 2010-11 season. The furthest seat in Auburn Arena is just 43 feet away from the court.